Faithful
in a Little
Whoever
is faithful in very little is also faithful in much, and whoever is unrighteous
in very little is also unrighteous in much.—Luke 16:10
God rewards those who are faithful. Throughout your life God will seek to
grow you in your faith. He will continually bring you to times when you must
trust Him. He will lead you into situations that require a "little” faith, and
if you are faithful, He will then take you into situations that require even
greater trust in Him. Each time you are able to trust God at a higher level, God
will reveal more of Himself to you. Your faith and experiencing God are directly
linked.
The best way to tell if you are prepared for a greater revelation of God is
to see how faithful you have been with what God has given you. This is a
foundational principle in God's relationships with us: If you have been faithful
with the little He has given you, you are ready to be entrusted with more. If
you failed to trust God with the little He gave you, He will not trust you with
more. God will not lead you beyond your present level of trust and obedience to
Him. He will return you to your area of unfaithfulness until you are prepared to
trust Him. The children of Israel were unwilling to trust God to lead them into
the Promised Land, and their generation never again was able to move forward
with Him.
You stand at an exciting new door of opportunity to know God more intimately
every time you believe Him. Every step of faith leads you to a deeper
relationship of faith with Him. It is an open invitation to know God more
intimately. —Experiencing God Day by Day
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